“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
What PolitiFact found
In 1970, two years after the Fair Housing Act was signed into law, the census found that 42% of Black households owned their own homes. In 2022, that number was 44%.
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In short
Tim Scott (South Carolina senator) made this claim around 11 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 May 2023, 38 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Tim Scott has 15 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- banking.senate.govhttps://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/scott-announces-housing-framework
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